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David Cameron visits Willow Cottage Nursery

ITV News captures David Cameron M.P. visiting Willow Cottage Nursery at EYNSHAM, renowned for its healthy food provision and "Fun Food Education".

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Autumn 2009. Willow Cottage Nurseries are finalists in the 2009 National Food Awards.

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DAVID CAMERON M.P. OPENS OUR NEW CLASSROOMS

David visited us on Friday 11^th September 2009. He planted an apple tree and opened our new classrooms. We all thought that it was great role-modelling when David took a short break from the clamours of Westminster to plant a special apple tree for the children in the nursery garden and to promote the importance of "growing your own" fruit and vegetables.

David’s apple tree and the classrooms are dedicated to promoting the well-being of children, their learning and development, through play and having fun. We hope that they will serve many children over many years to come.

To see the story of the apple tree click <here>

To see the photos click <here>

NURSERY FOOD AWARDS 2009 - Congratulations! Willow Cottage Nurseries have been shortlisted in the Nursery Food Awards 2009. Please click<here>

SWINE FLU - AS EARLY YEARS PROVIDERS WE ARE OPERATING HIGH STANDARDS OF INFECTION CONTROL WITHIN OUR SETTINGS AND FOLLOWING O.C.C.'S GUIDANCE. FOR FURTHER DETAILS Please click <here>

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FLU PANDEMIC

Action is being taken by Willow Cottage to prepare for a possible flu pandemic to minimise the impact on our staff and children.

We are reviewing our cleaning arrangements, including regular cleaning of surfaces that are frequently touched by hands.

Please advise the Nursery if you believe your travel arrangements significantly increase your risk of infection.

Specific guidance and updates will be published here on the Willow Cottage home page: http://www.willow-cottage.com/

Precautionary steps:

Please follow NHS guidance by always covering your nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing and maintaining good basic hygiene.

If you are unwell and develop flu symptoms:

• stay at home

• contact your GP or NHS Direct

• do not return to Willow Cottage until you are fully recovered.

• inform the Nursery to let them know you are ill.

Information and guidance on how to reduce the spread of the flu virus at work can be downloaded at:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_097137

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David Cameron with the Kindergarten children

David Cameron spends some time with the children of the kindergarten who are "rooting" through the vegetables!

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Georgie Porgie Pudding and Pie - Food Report sponsored by Organix Ltd. and The Soil Association

SKY TV visits Willow Cottage Nursery at FARMOOR promoting this independent investigation into the quality of foods served to children when attending nursery.

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The importance of good food at an early age

Professor John Stein F.R.C.P. of Oxford University says:-“There is now overwhelming evidence that infants' nutrition plays a very important part in optimal development of their brains.

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O.C.C. Early Years Providers Forum

At the O.C.C. Early Years Providers Forum on Wednesday 8th October 2008, Willow Cottage Nurseries addressed a meeting of Early Years practitioners from across the county on: “Healthy Food, and why it is so important in the lives of children in their Early Years”.

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BBC Radio 4 Food Programme featuring Willow Cottage

Listen to a short podcast of the BBC Radio 4 Food Programme first broadcast in February 2008.

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Willow Cottage Nursery National Food Award

Willow Cottage Nurseries at Eynsham & Farmoor were named runner-up in the first National Nursery Food Award 2007/2008 at the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham.

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The Children of the 90s [ALSPAC] study

Dr Pauline Emmett senior nutritionist and dietician at Bristol University says:

“Having taken into account other factors that could affect performance, such as low family income, the link between a poor diet at three, and reduced academic performance is robust…

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